Resident physician plagiarises publications supported by 10 National Institutes of Health grants
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Resident physician plagiarises publications supported by 10 National Institutes of Health grants
What is this about?
A resident physician at the University of Virginia Medical Center was found by the Office of Research Integrity to have engaged in research misconduct by plagiarising research supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and training awards and by NIH intramural research funds from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Surgical Neurosurgery Branch (NSB), and from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).
Why is this important?
The ORI found that the physician had engaged in research misconduct in five publications by including large amounts of text and an illustration that they had plagiarised from publications supported by 10 NIH grant awards.
